Importing and Exporting Projects

Importing Projects

Note: Only people with Administrator permissions can import data into Harvest. If you don’t see the Settings link in your navigation (upper right), you don’t have Administrator permissions.

You can import part of your project settings via a CSV file. To do that:

Head to Projects.

Click the Import button in the top left.

Attach a CSV file of your projects, then click Upload and Import Projects.

Your CSV file must be formatted with six columns, with a header row in this exact order: Client, Project, Project Code, Start Date, End Date, Project Notes. The format for the Start Date and End Date is YYYY-MM-DD.

The first two columns must be completed in order to import successfully.

If your imported file includes a client that doesn’t already exist in Harvest, that client will be automatically created.

You can’t import all of a project’s settings. All new projects included in the CSV file will be created with the Time & Materials project type. You’ll need to manually make any changes to the project type, as well as settings like hourly rates, project fees, budget, people, and tasks.

You can use an import to edit existing projects as long as the client and project names match the existing fields exactly. For example, you can remove your current project codes by importing the project with a blank Project Code field in the CSV file. Use with caution, though: any changes to client or project names will result in duplicates. If an import doesn’t go as you planned, you can revert it.